Castle Death liveblog coming soon

A couple of weeks ago I made a teaser post with an image of A.R. Holmes' massive solo Castle Death. I'm now revealing that very soon (i.e. when I have some free time) I am going to be liveblogging a run through Castle Death.

I figure that death will come to my character hard and fast, 'cos y'know it's in the title, so I've decided that I will have a maximum of three characters that can try their luck at unearthing the fortunes in the castle. Once one delver dies he will be replaced by another one.

I don't expect to actually make it through the dungeon in one piece, but I'm going to give it a good shot and hope for the best. So watch this space for more information about the date and time Castle Death Live is taking place.

It's coming...

Preparing for Castle Death

Happy Saturday to all and I hope you're having a great weekend so far. I'll be finally starting A.R. Holmes' giant-ultra-mega-solo, Castle Death, tonight so I thought I'd roll up a character and present it on the blog. I don't expect him to come out alive, after all it is called Castle DEATH, but at least I'll be able to start mapping this massive dungeon for future use. Let's just say this character is reconnaissance.
Note that this character was rolled up using mostly 5th edition rules but with the addition of 7th edition WIZ, Speed and talents. I am using 5th edition advancement, otherwise he would be level 2.

Name: Re'Kon
Race: Dwarf
Class: Warrior
Lvl: 1
ST: 28
DX: 10
CN: 36
IQ: 6
CH: 10
LK: 13
SP: 15
WIZ: 9

Adds: 19
Missile adds: 19
Total armour hits: 16

Weapon: Mattock 3d6+2 (2 hands) (wt. 80)
Armour: Soft leather 10 (wt. 75), full helm 6 (wt. 50)

Wt. Possible: 2,800
Wt. Carried: 305
Languages: Dwarvish (native)
Talent: Sweeping strike (ST): 31 - can knock over an enemy to prone position